tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post4406597320735375712..comments2024-02-09T07:26:54.065-08:00Comments on Lelo in Nopo: Those trees you're smelling all over Portland right nowLeLohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15073317400749817075noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-60262295217317219332010-09-17T13:53:47.361-07:002010-09-17T13:53:47.361-07:00I love these trees! They are beautiful and fragra...I love these trees! They are beautiful and fragrant and easy keepers. I didn't know about the peanut butter scented leaves though... I'm going to ride past my neighbor's tree and crush a leaf. Nice!ehttp://plufrompdx.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-85507145949193643292010-09-11T14:32:45.421-07:002010-09-11T14:32:45.421-07:00We had a large & very old Clerodendrum in our ...We had a large & very old Clerodendrum in our Seattle garden. We slept ina loft that was reached by ladder, & in the summer we would pop out the windows (from a salvage store, & live in a tree house. The Clerodendrum would reach & grow into the room & we would have the aroma right over our sleeping heads.<br /><br />The largest Clerodendrum I ever encountered was on the grounds of the Ciaprini Hotel in Venice. It was gigantic. I have a photo of me bruising the leaves to smell the peanut butter.<br /><br />I never saw another Clerodendrum in Seattle & friends would gather to wonder at ours. I was surprised when I moved to NoPo, they were all over the neighborhood!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967985806955115917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-26907429564361130192010-09-11T13:37:59.030-07:002010-09-11T13:37:59.030-07:00You paint quite a picture! Sounds divine! I love t...You paint quite a picture! Sounds divine! I love tree's that surprise with their once a year brilliance! Makes you feel like a kid again! Blue punch buggie-no punch back!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152576863110442101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-34333183421289356712010-09-10T10:03:36.211-07:002010-09-10T10:03:36.211-07:00We had some planted on the curb by friends of tree...We had some planted on the curb by friends of trees this year. They look exactly like that, and smell wonderful. However, the leaves do not smell like peanut butter, and the blooms were early August. What's going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-47809513686332643672010-09-10T09:54:12.125-07:002010-09-10T09:54:12.125-07:00We actually started calling them "peanut butt...We actually started calling them "peanut butter and jelly" trees when we noticed how sweet the flowers smell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-41939112538217803762010-09-09T12:33:47.688-07:002010-09-09T12:33:47.688-07:00I'm pretty sure these are the trees we have gr...I'm pretty sure these are the trees we have growing in our hell strip. I never liked them because when all of Portland is bursting out in cherry blossoms and spring and colors and green, my trees are naked, sad little sticks still. This post gives me hope that I will learn to appreciate and maybe even love them one day. I might have to steal your planting-beneath-them ideas, too. Our hell strip currently looks like. . . well, hell. :PJacquelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12250500042046321248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-16746809988597642572010-09-09T09:40:56.675-07:002010-09-09T09:40:56.675-07:00I am pretty excited about the peanut butter smell....I am pretty excited about the peanut butter smell. I don't have one of these trees (and really - I'm out of room for more trees), but I might go find one in the neighborhood & steal a few leaves. :)Amyhttp://www.gazellesoncrack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-25302505969368349152010-09-09T09:32:54.479-07:002010-09-09T09:32:54.479-07:00I read the title of your post before I saw the pic...I read the title of your post before I saw the picture and I just knew you had to be talking about the Clerodendrum. We've got one in the neighborhood that's sprouted a few healthy babies in the hell strip. I may have to go rescue one (with permission of course).danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com